Annual Meeting 2010

The Center for Systems Biology, located in Seattle, Washington at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB), was pleased to host the National Centers for Systems Biology for a two day meeting, Monday July 12 and Tuesday July 13, 2010.

The Seattle meeting included presentations from each Center to define systems biology within the context of their Center. To facilitate interaction across the Centers’ members, presentations were followed by open discussion, lightning presentations, and a reception and poster session. The key aims of the meeting in Seattle were to: a) discuss the current and future accomplishments of systems biology, b) highlight the expanse of systems biology approaches towards understanding biological complexity; c) exchange and identify common facets of systems biology, and to stimulate possibilities for collaboration; d) share and coordinate novel education and outreach programs.

At the heart of the Centers is the conviction that the challenges of systems biology are best addressed through multidisciplinary, focused efforts that to drive the development of new biological insights, technologies and education opportunities.

July 12 Day 1 Morning Session

7:30 – Shuttle departs W Hotel

8:00 – Meeting check in opens, second floor
Coffee, beverages and light breakfast

8:10 – Shuttle arrives at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB)

8:20 – 8:25 Welcome, Seminar Room
John Aitchison Co-director/Chair

8:30 – 9:10 Lee Hood
Systems biology: the past, present and future.
8:50 – 9:10 Questions and comments

9:15 – 10:00 Center for the Spatiotemporal Modeling of Cell Signaling, U of NM, (Albuquerque, NM)
9:15 – 9:25 Principal Investigator: Janet Oliver Presentation (PDF 5.6 MB)
9:25 -9:40 Center Investigator: Bridget Wilson
9:40 – 9:55 Center Investigator: Bill Hlavacek
9:55 – 10:00 Questions

10:00 – 10:30 Break

10:35 – 11:20 Center for Systems Biology, University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
10:35-10:55 Principal Investigator: Kevin White Presentation (PDF 4.76 MB)
11:00-11:15 Center Investigator: Justin Cassidy Presentation (PDF 3.86 MB)
11:15-11:20 Questions

11:20 – 12:00 Open discussion:
“The accomplishments of systems biology.”

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch provided

July 12 Day 1 Afternoon Session, Seminar Room

1:00 – 1:45 Center for Systems Biology, Duke University (Durham, NC)
1:00-1:20 Principal Investigator: Philip Benfey
1:25-1:40 Center Investigator: Josh Socolar
1:40-1:45 Questions

1:50 – 2:35 Systems Biology Center New York, Mt Sinai School of Medicine (NY, NY)
1:50- 2:10 Center Investigator: Eric Sobie
2:15-2:30 Center Investigator: Avi Ma’ayan Presentation (PDF 1.2 MB)
2:30-2:35 Questions

2:35 – 3:05 Break

3:05 – 3:50 Center for Complex Biological Systems, U of California (Irvine, CA)
3:05 – 3:25 Principal Investigator: Arthur Lander Presentation (PDF 12 MB)
3:30 – 3:45 Center Investigator: Olivier Cinquin
3:45 – 3:50 Questions

3:55 – 4:45 Center Education Programs
10 education program presentations: K-12 courses/material, K-12 teacher training, Undergraduate Fellowships/courses, Graduate Fellowships/courses, Postdoctoral Fellowships, and Faculty development: 5 minutes each Center or three slides each.

4:50 – 5:20 Lightning Talks
15 lightning presentations of posters: 2 minutes and one slide each.

5:20 – 5:30 Break

5:30 – 5:45 Shuttle or walk to reception and poster session (.3 mile)

5: 45 – 7:30 Reception and poster session

Evening Sessions
7:30 Center members: dinner on own at local area restaurants

7:30 PIs, senior administration, and NIH program officers closed door executive session dinner, Ponti’s Seafood Grill, private Tapestry room.

July 13 Day 2, Morning Session

7:45 – Shuttle departs W Hotel

8:00 – No meeting check in second day
Coffee, beverages and light breakfast

8:10 – Shuttle arrives at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB)

8:20 – 8:25 Brief highlights of Day 1, Seminar Room
Co-Director/Chair: John Aitchison

8:30 – 9:15 Center for Genome Dynamics, Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, ME)
8:30-9:10 Principal Investigator: Gary Churchill Presentation (PDF 11.1 MB)
9:10-9:15 Questions

9:20 – 10:05 Center for Systems Biology, ISB (Seattle, WA)
9:20 – 9:40 Center Investigator: Nitin Baliga Presentation (PDF 3.1 MB)
9:45 – 10:00 Center Investigator: Hamid Mirzaei Presentation (PDF 4.3 MB)
10:00 – 10:05 Questions

10:05 – 11:00 Open discussion: “The future accomplishments of systems biology.”

11:00 – 11:25 Break

11:25 – 12:10 Center for Quantitative Biology, Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
11:25-11:45 Principal Investigator: David Botstein Presentation (PDF 2.9 MB)
11:50-12:05 Center Investigator: Josh Shaevitz
12:05 – 12:10 Questions

12:10 – 1:10 Lunch provided
A) Participant lunch, Seminar Room
B) PIs, senior administration, and NIH program officers closed door executive session lunch, Boardroom

July 13 Day 2 Afternoon Session, Seminar Room

1:10 – 1:45 Open discussion: education and outreach
“Are there education and outreach programs that are missing cumulatively across the Centers: K-12 courses/material, K-12 teacher training, Undergraduate Fellowships/courses, Graduate Fellowships/courses, Postdoctoral Fellowships, and Faculty development.”

1:45 – 2:30 Center for Cell Decision Processes, MIT/Harvard (Cambridge, MA)
1:45 – 2:00 Principal Investigator: Peter Sorger
2:00 – 2:15 Center Investigator: Doug Lauffenburger
2:15 – 2:25 Center Investigator: Mario Niepel Presentation (PDF 1.5 MB)
2:25 – 2:30 Questions

2:35 – 3:20 Center for Modular Biology, Harvard (Cambridge, MA)
2:35 – 2:45 Director of Research Affairs: Bodo Stern Presentation (PDF 4.9 MB)
2:45 – 3:00 Center Investigator: Roy Kishony Presentation (PDF 6.0 MB)
3:00 – 3:15 Center Investigator: Marcus Kronforst Presentation (PDF 12.1 MB)
3:15 – 3:20 Questions

3:20 – 3:30 Closing
Co-Director/Chair: John Aitchison